Since the last official patch, the patch makes radar more useful, adds a way to pay money for Brunt vendors to stock new components, makes the Hive carry more quest goods, and fixes a bunch of smaller things.

Full change list:

decreased radar needed per level from 15.0 to 13.5

now radar can see through enemy cloaking (Tyrax Lightning)

now get double attack value when in radar range of an enemy

can now pay credits to have Brunt planets add a new component to their inventory

Hive now carry more goods

now start new ships with shields and thruster boost consumables

races can now build a smaller hull sized ship if no defenders around a planet (TYP)

fixed a potential crash when splitting races

destroying all of the races no longer counts as a diplomatic win (Gilgamesh)